LAKELAND, Fla., May 15, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Florida Southern
College hosted a celebration on Tuesday evening marking the
successful conclusion of the Believe Campaign which raised
$321 million through the collective
efforts and steadfast support of over 23,000 donors. The keynote
address was delivered by New York
Times Best Selling Author Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, professor at Harvard's Kennedy
School and Business School and columnist for The
Atlantic.
Florida Southern College President
Anne B. Kerr has served the College
for 20 years transforming the institution academically and with
state-of-the-art facilities, achieving a trajectory that has
brought national recognition for excellence in academic programs,
engaged learning, NCAA Division II athletics, and historic
preservation and stewardship of the world's largest single-site
collection of Frank Lloyd Wright
architecture.
Through the Believe Campaign, Florida
Southern has established 25 new academic programs including
six new master's and doctoral degrees, as well as the naming of 16
endowed chairs. Additionally, 28 new building projects were created
while maintaining the campus through major renovations and
restorations.
"Florida Southern is richly blessed
in so many ways, and I am grateful that the hand of God has been on
us as we pursued our mission. Our outstanding Board of Trustees has
invested time, talent, and resources to achieve our mission of
preparing students to make a positive and consequential impact on
society," said Dr. Kerr.
Florida Southern College recently
graduated its largest class in the history of the institution.
Recognized as a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars, the College is
also nationally known for experiential education, earning the
nation's top award for engaged learning, the William Burke Award for Experiential
Education.
Other notable accolades of the Believe Campaign include
Frank Lloyd Wright restoration and
campus beautification resulting in the College being named the
"Most Beautiful Campus" in the nation. In 2011, the Barney Barnett
School of Business and Free Enterprise was created, followed by the
addition of the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree program in 2019
and the naming of the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing in
2021.
In 2010, The Roberts Academy at Florida
Southern College was founded as the only transitional school
in Florida for talented
first-through-eighth grade students with dyslexia serving not only
the students and their parents but providing exceptional training
for the College's education majors. Florida
Southern also became affiliated with the Polk Museum of
Art in 2017, now the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College, which hosts the College's
Art History and Museum Studies program.
For more information on Florida Southern
College visit https://www.flsouthern.edu
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern
College is the oldest private college in the state. The
College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+
undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in
business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy.
Florida Southern has a 14:1
student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in
engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National
Championships. Florida Southern is
ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by
U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and
is included in The Princeton Review's 2023 Best 388 Colleges guide
and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023." The 2022-2023 Colleges of
Distinction guidebook praises Florida South ern's AACSB accredited
Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the
College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of
Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News &
World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the
Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann
Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost
programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to
the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has
appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus"
national listing for 13 consecutive years. Connect with
Florida Southern College.
www.FLSouthern.edu
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